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1. a. Angry.
2. n. The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
3. n. Alt. of Gramme
4. n. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
5. Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane. The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food. The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4. Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.
6. Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane.
7. n. a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram n. Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)